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The problems of international students studying in higher education Yüksekögretimde ögrenim gören uluslararasi ögrencilerin sorunlari

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The aim of the research is to determine the causes of these problems by revealing the problems of international students studying at Trakya University. For this reason, this research is a descriptive research. 118 international students studying at Trakya University Education Faculty in 2016-2017 constitute the sample of the study. International Students’ Problems Evaluation Form" and “International Students’ Problems Evaluation Interview Form” were used to collect data. Scaling based on V. Equation of comparative judgment case and content analysis were used for the analysis of the data. According to the findings obtained for the first purpose of the research, the most important problem that international students see is "Academic failure", followed by "University's Lack of Services for International Students", "Distant from Family", "Exposure to Discrimination Due to Being a Non-Turkish Citizen" Economic Difficulties ","Language Difficulties", "Unable to Adapt to Culture", "Accommodation Difficulties", “Loneliness”, and “Inability to Participate in Social Environments”. The results of the "International students' problems related to Turkish" it has been reported that international students have problems in understanding, speaking and writing skills respectively with regard to Turkish.Extended English summary is in the end of Full Text PDF (TURKISH) file. ÖzetArastirmanin amaci, Trakya Üniversitesinde ögrenim görmekte olan uluslararasi ögrencilerin sorunlarini ve bu sorunlarin nedenlerini belirlemektir. Bu yönüyle çalisma betimsel arastirma türündedir. Trakya Üniversitesi Egitim Fakültesinde 2016-2017 egitim ögretim yilinda ögrenim görmekte olan 118 uluslararasi ögrenci çalismanin örneklemini olusturmaktadir. Verilerin toplanmasinda “Uluslararasi Ögrencilerin Sorunlarini Degerlendirme Formu” ve “Uluslararasi Ögrencilerin Sorunlarini Degerlendirme Görüsme Formu” kullanilmistir. Verilerin analizinde karsilastirmali yargi kanununun V. Hal denklemine dayali ölçekleme yöntemi ve içerik analizi kullanilmistir. Ögrencilerin en önemli gördükleri sorun “Akademik Basarisizlik” iken bunu sirasiyla “Üniversitenin Uluslararasi Ögrenciler Için Hizmetlerinin Azligi”, “Aileden Uzak Olma”, “Türk Vatandasi Olamamaktan Dolayi Ayrimciliga Maruz Kalma”, “Ekonomik Sikinti”, “Dile Hâkim Olamama”, “Kültüre Uyum Saglayamama”, “Barinma Sikintisi”, Yalnizlik” ve son olarak “Sosyal Ortamlara Katilamama” takip etmektedir. Ögrencilerin Türkçe ile ilgili sorunlari ve önerileri” ile ilgili elde edilen sonuçlarda; ögrencilerin Türkçe ile ilgili olarak sirasiyla anlama, konusma ve yazma becerilerinde sorun yasadiklari bildirilmistir.

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